{"id":13606,"date":"2019-05-28T16:01:38","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T21:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=13606"},"modified":"2020-06-04T01:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T06:10:38","slug":"brightspace-tip-101-sign-up-sheets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-101-sign-up-sheets\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #101: Sign-Up Sheets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are there times when you would like your students to sign-up for an activity where there are a limited number of places (e.g., student presentations on a specific class day, study groups, service learning project, office hours, etc.)? The Groups Tool in Brightspace can help you organize sign-ups for one-off events. With the self-enrollment option in the Groups tool, students can add themselves to a group using a sign-up sheet.<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sign-up.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-101-sign-up-sheets\/sign-up\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sign-up.png?fit=874%2C511&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"874,511\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sign-up\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sign-up.png?fit=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sign-up.png?fit=625%2C365&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sign-up.png?resize=625%2C365\" alt=\"sign up sheet\" width=\"625\" height=\"365\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15484\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The sign-up sheet functions like an electronic version of a paper sign-up sheet. You can make sign-up sheets available to students on the Groups listing page or by inserting a <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-54-quicklinks\/\">quicklink<\/a> in the <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-43-html-editor\/\">HTML Editor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Follow these steps to do it.<\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YWWLz5WAA_o\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YWWLz5WAA_o\">Creating Group Sign Up Sheets video [6:00]<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Want more information?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YWWLz5WAA_o\">Creating Group Sign Up Sheets (video)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-86-working-with-groups\/\">Brightspace Tip #86: Working with Groups<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How-to resources for Learners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MeC4tg03sHY\">Learners-Enroll in a Self-Enrollment Group video [1:54]<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryerson.ca\/courses\/students\/tutorials\/groups\/\">Learners-Self-Enroll or Leave a Self-Enrollment Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn.winona.edu\/Groups_D2L:_How_to_Check_Enrollment\">Learners-Check Group Enrollment and Communicate with Group Members<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>View all the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?s=Brightspace+%2Brecap\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/s\/article\/All-Release-Notes\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/-\/-\/-\/welcome_page.htm\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note: Are you doing something innovative in Brightspace or perhaps you've discovered a handy tip? Share how you are using Brightspace in your teaching and learning in <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-70-the-orange-room\/\">The Orange Room<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><small>Image credit: \"<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-101-sign-up-sheets\/sign-up\/\">sign-up<\/a>\" by jflorent is dedicated to the public domain under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0<\/a> and is a derivative of <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/paper-brush-color-palette-painting-3204064\/\">image<\/a> by DarkWorkX from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\">Pixabay<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are there times when you would like your students to sign-up for an activity where there are a limited number of places (e.g., student presentations on a specific class day, study groups, service learning project, office hours, etc.)? The Groups Tool in Brightspace can help you organize sign-ups for one-off events. With the self-enrollment option <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-101-sign-up-sheets\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #101: Sign-Up Sheets\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[403],"tags":[402,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-13606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brightspace","7":"tag-brightspace","8":"tag-sign-up-sheet","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-3xs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17830,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-302-sign-up-sheets\/","url_meta":{"origin":13606,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #302: Sign-Up Sheets","author":"Janice Florent","date":"February 3, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Are there times when you would like your students to sign-up for an activity where there are a limited number of places (e.g., student presentations on a specific class day, study groups, service learning project, office hours, etc.)? 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